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Astronaut
/ˈæstɹəˌnɒt/
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
📖 Definitions of "Astronaut"
- 1
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- 2
A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and his/her adopted home country.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| spacemannoun | (informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut. |
| cosmonautnoun | An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one. |
| spacecraftnoun | (astronautics) A vehicle that travels through space. |
| spaceshipnoun | (astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space. |
| aerospacenoun | (elliptical) The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft. |
| pilotnoun | A person who steers a ship, a helmsman. |
| corpsnoun | An organized group of people united by a common purpose. |
| pioneernoun | A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress. |
| leadingnoun | An act by which one is led or guided. |
| pioneeringnoun | The activity of the verb pioneer. |
| bodynoun | Physical frame. |
| spacenoun | (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. |
| astronauttenoun | (rare, dated) A female astronaut. |
| astronautessnoun | (rare) A female astronaut; a spacewoman. |
| spaceniknoun | (dated, informal) One who travels into space; an astronaut. |
| nastronautnoun | An astronaut currently or formerly employed by NASA. |
| spationautnoun | An astronaut, regardless of nationality. |
| astronavigatornoun | One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot. |
| actornautnoun | (humorous, derogatory) A person who is claimed to be an astronaut, in the context of conspiracy theories that claim that some or all travel into outer space is faked. |
| spacernoun | An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type. |
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